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Bambos Charalambous vs Yvette Cooper

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Bambos Charalambous
Bambos Charalambous
Lab Southgate and Wood Green
vs
Photograph of Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Lab Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 959 shared comparable votes.

959 same votes 0 different votes 959 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
83 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 140 shared votes
83 Aye 57 No
73 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 107 shared votes
73 Aye 34 No
50 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 104 shared votes
50 Aye 54 No
37 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 56 shared votes
37 Aye 19 No
27 Aye 21 No
Migration 100% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
83 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 140 shared votes
83 Aye 57 No
73 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 107 shared votes
73 Aye 34 No
50 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 104 shared votes
50 Aye 54 No
37 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 56 shared votes
37 Aye 19 No
27 Aye 21 No
Migration 100% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.5%
1% below average
Rank 393 of 649
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
1,517
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
861
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
855
57.3% of votes cast
656
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
638
42.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

18
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
74
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
21
-121.3 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Contributions
1,112
+969.7 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,772,904
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
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